RJL1
Senior Member
- Joined
- Dec 6, 2014
- Posts
- 453
- Reaction score
- 538
- Location
- Jersey Shore-By the beach
- Ram Year
- 2018
- Engine
- 5.7 Hemi
If you decide to buy it, pay for an extended warranty.
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I have a '12 truck and I personally love it. It has the 6 speed instead of the 8 speed. I would rather have the 8 speed but they didn't offer it then so I have the best they offered at the time. I have 141,000 miles and it's still going strong and it's not worth the cost to switch to an 8 speed as long as mine keeps going. If mine quits I'll decide then! Enjoy your truck and don't worry about troubles other people have with theirs. Take care of it and it will take care of you, drive it like you stole it, Mopars don't like being babied. I've owned many!I’m still here guys, been absent a few days as work was busy and such, I did buy it a week ago now and I’m loving the truck. I see there’s a few concerned posts now after my announcement that I was going to buy it.
I feel really confident about this truck. I was able to look through the whole history and there was nothing but maintenance type entries. I listened to the engine cold and no tick was present.
I’ve also got a couple friends with this engine and they were very excited about me finding a low mileage offering like this. I did not pay for an extended warranty. I do not believe in those and the dealership put waaaay to much pressure on me to pay for that. I said heck no.
As for potential issues, I get it..it’s not a brand new truck. But for me the miles are low enough that it allows for continued value of the truck as long as nothing major occurs. Any vehicle will have costs, that’s something I tried to allow for when I went shopping for a truck. I’ve been searching regularly for about a year and longer than that overall been watching for these trucks.
I plan on sticking around this forum as my time owning this truck progresses. I look forward to sharing more!
I got the truck fluid film/cavity waxed by a friend to avoid any corrosion. Being from Ohio we always try to do this to keep the salt from ruining everything.
I’m still here guys, been absent a few days as work was busy and such, I did buy it a week ago now and I’m loving the truck. I see there’s a few concerned posts now after my announcement that I was going to buy it.
I feel really confident about this truck. I was able to look through the whole history and there was nothing but maintenance type entries. I listened to the engine cold and no tick was present.
I’ve also got a couple friends with this engine and they were very excited about me finding a low mileage offering like this. I did not pay for an extended warranty. I do not believe in those and the dealership put waaaay to much pressure on me to pay for that. I said heck no.
As for potential issues, I get it..it’s not a brand new truck. But for me the miles are low enough that it allows for continued value of the truck as long as nothing major occurs. Any vehicle will have costs, that’s something I tried to allow for when I went shopping for a truck. I’ve been searching regularly for about a year and longer than that overall been watching for these trucks.
I plan on sticking around this forum as my time owning this truck progresses. I look forward to sharing more!
I got the truck fluid film/cavity waxed by a friend to avoid any corrosion. Being from Ohio we always try to do this to keep the salt from ruining everything.
It’s a sprayable 2 part coating that’s kind of like an oil but it doesn’t drip all over your driveway lolWhat is "fluid film/cavity waxed" ... would that be the same thing as "undercoating"?
Glad you pulled the trigger on your new(ish) RAM. You sound like you're going in to this with a good level head. Knowing there can be issues, and know you're hanging with a bunch of folks who have "been there, done that" and can offer up great advice, and help with most anything you're going to encounter. May the miles you travel place endless smiles upon your face... Welcome to THIS Family... The RAM Family!!!I’m still here guys, been absent a few days as work was busy and such, I did buy it a week ago now and I’m loving the truck. I see there’s a few concerned posts now after my announcement that I was going to buy it.
I feel really confident about this truck. I was able to look through the whole history and there was nothing but maintenance type entries. I listened to the engine cold and no tick was present.
I’ve also got a couple friends with this engine and they were very excited about me finding a low mileage offering like this. I did not pay for an extended warranty. I do not believe in those and the dealership put waaaay to much pressure on me to pay for that. I said heck no.
As for potential issues, I get it..it’s not a brand new truck. But for me the miles are low enough that it allows for continued value of the truck as long as nothing major occurs. Any vehicle will have costs, that’s something I tried to allow for when I went shopping for a truck. I’ve been searching regularly for about a year and longer than that overall been watching for these trucks.
I plan on sticking around this forum as my time owning this truck progresses. I look forward to sharing more!
I got the truck fluid film/cavity waxed by a friend to avoid any corrosion. Being from Ohio we always try to do this to keep the salt from ruining everything.
I’m still here guys, been absent a few days as work was busy and such, I did buy it a week ago now and I’m loving the truck. I see there’s a few concerned posts now after my announcement that I was going to buy it.
About all you can do,is run a Carfax report on the vehicle up here.Even trying to go back through Motor Vehicles for prior owners is tough,unless you know somebodyjust an off topic question....here in the great white canadian north the dealers absolutely refuse to divulge warranty history. Only option they say is to go back to the original selling dealer which in my experience is not successful. Any hints at how to overcome this and get the warranty history. As far as the original poster the vehicle sounds too good to be true.....